COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONTo create Utopias, the brewers at Sam Adams used traditional brewing ingredients including all four types of Noble hops, which add a slightly earthy, herbal taste. The spiciness of the hops really comes alive. In fact, Utopias MMII has even been described by some as almost "fiery" -- a fitting description for the strongest beer in history. Beyond the special brand of hops, Utopias features ingredients that truly set it apart from other varieties of beer. Utopias MMII contains caramel and Vienna malts for its rich amber color and several different types of yeast including a variety found in champagne. $100 a bottle and it's limited to 3000 bottles, which look like copper brew kettles.

EBF ’06: Strong, but without the harsh bite of a regular hard liquor. Flavors of sherry, raisins, and vanilla. A good beer to take your time with, and a great canditate for a snifter rather than a pint glass.

Deep golden amber colour. No head. First it is sherry aroma, then caramel, molasses, vanilla and raisin aroma. Lots of caramel and molasses in the flavor. Also lots of vanilla. Long warming caramel finish.

FoBAB: oily copper/mahogany with no head whatsoever, completely flat almost looks like cooking oil. Growing legs all over the glass. Aroma is all over the place. Lots of oak, vanilla, bourbon, caramel/mollasses, and burning alcohol. Thick oily mouthfeel. Flavor is dominated up front by the malt sweetness, caramel/mollasses almost like candi-sugar it’s so sweet. Through the middle the oak and vanilla come through with the bourbon and alcohol taking over in the finish. Finishes very hot, like a shot of liqouer. Nice overall, but you definately don’t need more than an ounce of this stuff at a time.

Sam Adams Utopias MMII pours to a brilliant, deep golden amber/rust color with no head, and no carbonation. It is a perfectly still liquid. The nose of this beer is amazingly complex and aromatic with just layers of aromas. Cinnamon, oak, vanilla, walnut, black pepper, sweet malt, sherry, maple, and peppery alcohol heat flood the nostrils. The palate is rich and slightly syrupy on the tounge, with layers of flavors. Complex notes of oak, sherry, whiskey, sweet malt, vanilla, maple, and walnut flavors fill the mouth. Utopias MMII finishes with more of those complex flavors, and ends with a very warming, soothing, high octane burn.
This is an amazing beer drinking experience, akin to drinking a fine single malt scotch or cognac. This is the ultimate sipping brew, the perfect beer to have after a big meal, and the perfect beer to slowly sip and savor on a special occasion. I was very impressed with this beer, and I will slowly work on my bottle, partaking only on special occasions. For with a beer this special, comes a lofty price tag. It retails for $100+ a bottle, and can only be found in select markets, in only a handful of states.

Had this at Vail Beer Fest. 2-oz. sample from a snifter. Beer poured a hazy, light-brown color without any head. The aroma is extremely hot. The aroma is heavily malty with caramel, molasses, roasted grain and chocolate and moderately yeasty with notes of barnyard and dough. Plenty of miscellaneous aromas of wood, honey, candy sugar, raisin, cognac and brandy. The flavor is plenty hot, but I wouldn’t guess 25%. It’s pretty well hidden. It begins heavily sweet and lightly bitter with a long, heavily sweet, moderately bitter candy-like finish. The body is full, the texture is syrupy and the carbonation is flat. I really didn’t want to like this one, but it was on for a Barley Wine.

This is really unlike any beer. More appropriately a fermented liquer. There’s no mistake the alcohol content is right up there. I think it would be interesting to have a carbonated version of this. I had to pay $238 to get a bottle. That makes it the most expensive alcohol I have ever bought, but worth every cent.

Enjoyed on New Year’s Eve 2005. Deep amber and copper with long legs (and burgandy lips). The aroma presents some overwhelming alcohol, with maple and whisky. Tons of maple in each drink. Oak and vanilla. You can feel the alcohol evaportating in your mouth. So over the top that this is no longer beer.

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